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In reply to the discussion: Autistic People Spark Twitter Fight Against Autism Speaks [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)19. IMO, tremendous latent potential exists in the greater autism community if all the infighting stops.
http://www.ageofautism.com/2015/02/in-perspective-measles-2015.html
by F. Edward Yazbak MD, FAAP
February 26, 2015
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It is a sad reality that no one mentioned that over 1,500 autism cases may have been diagnosed during the 24 first days of the present measles outbreak.
To date, NO ONE including the CDC knows what causes autism (Autism/ASD), the fastest growing disability in the United States, where some 24,000 new cases of the disorder are diagnosed yearly.
For unknown reasons, less than 5% of the United States research funding has been allocated to autism.
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by F. Edward Yazbak MD, FAAP
February 26, 2015
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It is a sad reality that no one mentioned that over 1,500 autism cases may have been diagnosed during the 24 first days of the present measles outbreak.
To date, NO ONE including the CDC knows what causes autism (Autism/ASD), the fastest growing disability in the United States, where some 24,000 new cases of the disorder are diagnosed yearly.
For unknown reasons, less than 5% of the United States research funding has been allocated to autism.
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First link below from recent tweet (unvetted source) about recent JAMA article (peer reviewed):
http://www.bworldonline.com/weekender/content.php?id=87123
Posted on 05:23 PM, May 08, 2014
Autism risk is half genetic, half environmental: study
WASHINGTON -- A large study in Sweden has shown that genes are just as important as environmental factors in assessing the causes of autism.
Researchers were surprised to discover that the inheritability of the neurodevelopmental disorder was about 50% -- much lower than previous studies that put it at 80-90% -- and that it was equal to environmental causes, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings were based on data from more than two million people in Sweden from 1982 to 2006, and is the largest to date on the topic of understanding whether genes or the environment contribute to autism, which affects about one in 100 children globally, and as many as one in 68 in the United States.
We were surprised by our findings as we did not expect the importance of environmental factors in autism to be so strong, said study author Avi Reichenberg from the Mount Sinai Seaver Center for Autism Research in New York.
The study did not pinpoint which environmental factors could be at play, but said generally they could include things like the familys socioeconomic status, birth complications, maternal infections or medications taken before and during pregnancy.
Co-authors on the study came from Kings College London and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Posted on 05:23 PM, May 08, 2014
Autism risk is half genetic, half environmental: study
WASHINGTON -- A large study in Sweden has shown that genes are just as important as environmental factors in assessing the causes of autism.
Researchers were surprised to discover that the inheritability of the neurodevelopmental disorder was about 50% -- much lower than previous studies that put it at 80-90% -- and that it was equal to environmental causes, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings were based on data from more than two million people in Sweden from 1982 to 2006, and is the largest to date on the topic of understanding whether genes or the environment contribute to autism, which affects about one in 100 children globally, and as many as one in 68 in the United States.
We were surprised by our findings as we did not expect the importance of environmental factors in autism to be so strong, said study author Avi Reichenberg from the Mount Sinai Seaver Center for Autism Research in New York.
The study did not pinpoint which environmental factors could be at play, but said generally they could include things like the familys socioeconomic status, birth complications, maternal infections or medications taken before and during pregnancy.
Co-authors on the study came from Kings College London and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1866100
May 7, 2014, Vol 311, No. 17 >
Original Investigation | May 7, 2014
The Familial Risk of Autism FREE
Sven Sandin, MSc1,2; Paul Lichtenstein, PhD1; Ralf Kuja-Halkola, MSc1; Henrik Larsson, PhD1; Christina M. Hultman, PhD1; Abraham Reichenberg, PhD3,4,5
[+] Author Affiliations
JAMA. 2014;311(17):1770-1777. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.4144.
May 7, 2014, Vol 311, No. 17 >
Original Investigation | May 7, 2014
The Familial Risk of Autism FREE
Sven Sandin, MSc1,2; Paul Lichtenstein, PhD1; Ralf Kuja-Halkola, MSc1; Henrik Larsson, PhD1; Christina M. Hultman, PhD1; Abraham Reichenberg, PhD3,4,5
[+] Author Affiliations
JAMA. 2014;311(17):1770-1777. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.4144.
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Autism Speaks: "Every 11 minutes someone receives a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder."
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2015
#4
here is Autism Speaks infamous commerical - try to imagine just how offensive this could be
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2015
#5
IMO, tremendous latent potential exists in the greater autism community if all the infighting stops.
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2015
#19
Individuals with autism and the parents of children with autism are ALL DIRECT STAKEHOLDERS.
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2015
#24
130 new cases of autism are diagnosed in the US each day. Keep provoking meaningless division.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#29
The CDC focuses on communicable disease, food borne illness, and the like
Cal Carpenter
Mar 2015
#44
Nope, nah, nah, no, not at all. The CDC studied autism intensively in Brick Township, NJ in 1998.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#45
Don't like Blaxill's work? Princeton, Harvard MBA, founding partner 3LP, author, autism dad: SOLID.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#50
Don't like mushrooms? Try spinach and artichoke hearts on your pizza. SOLID.
Cal Carpenter
Mar 2015
#53
They appear to have dumped Aut$peaks in favor of New York Collaborates 4 Autism
KamaAina
Mar 2015
#38
More nuance please! Does the Autism Speaks program below 'help or hurt'?
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#39
I have something serious previously posted for you to check out, in particular, Dr. Insel's remarks.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2015
#46